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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 23, 2013Appanoose County, Wayne County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2013, 8:47 PM CDT for Appanoose County, Wayne County, Iowa. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2013, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Appanoose County, IA, Wayne County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2013-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2013-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
654 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

.SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT /...
ISSUED AT 355 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE CONVECTION OVERNIGHT IS TO THE SOUTH OF
MUCH OF THE CWA.  THIS SHOULD KEEP THE CONVECTION MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN IA WITH THE SEVERE LIKELY TO REMAIN TO THE SOUTH OF IA OR
JUST GET INTO THE SRN COUNTIES.  WILL DROP THE FFA AS THE NORTHERN
ZONES ARE NOT LIKELY TO GET MUCH AND THE SOUTH NEEDS 2.5 TO 3 INCHES
TO REACH 3 HOUR FFG VALUES.  TEMPS TONIGHT CLOSE TO MOS VALUES WITH
DROPS BEING LIMITED BY DEW POINT INCREASING OVERNIGHT.

.LONG TERM.../MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ISSUED AT 355 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY...WITH THETA-E
ADVECTION IN THE MID LEVELS. WEAK ENERGY CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH
THE AREA ALOFT...WITH CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY. MOISTURE TRANSPORT INCREASES MONDAY NIGHT AND
BECOMES ORIENTED INTO THE CWA...WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. STRONG
SHORTWAVE TO APPROACH THE CWA INTO TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH
CONTINUE SOUTHERLY/SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO
NORTHERN/EASTERN IOWA TUESDAY NIGHT. THEREFORE HAVE POPS CONFINED TO
THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CWA. OTHERWISE THAT WAVE PUSHES EAST INTO
WEDNESDAY WITH BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGING INTO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF
THE US. THIS SHOULD KEEP ANY STORMS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA.
THEREFORE HAVE DRY CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO DIG INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION DROPPING AN
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA LATER THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
STATE. THE RIDGE THEN AMPLIFIES ACROSS THE WESTERN/CENTRAL US INTO
THE WEEKEND SETTING UP A COOLER NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT.
NOT A LOT OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AS WEAK IMPULSES DROP THROUGH THE
STATE. FOR NOW KEPT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DRY. STRONGER PUSH OF
WAA BACK INTO THE STATE SUNDAY...MAY BRING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE SO
HAVE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES STILL LOOK QUITE WARM THROUGH THURSDAY...PRIOR TO THE
COLD FRONT DROPPING THROUGH THE STATE. THEREFORE ANTICIPATE TEMPS IN
THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH TEMPS BACK INTO
THE 70S AND 80S FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...24/00Z
ISSUED AT 654 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU THE FCST PD. ISOLD TO SCT TSRA IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FM SE NEBRASKA INTO NRN MO LATER THIS EVENING
AND LIFT NORTH OVERNIGHT. KDSM AND KOTM TERMINALS ARE MOST LIKELY TO
SEE SOME ACTIVITY...BUT HAVE GONE TSRA BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IS NOT
HIGH ENUF TO CARRY PREVAILING TSRA ATTM.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...MS
LONG TERM...BEERENDS
AVIATION...ZOGG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 3:26 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:13 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
813 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

IAZ095-096-240215-
APPANOOSE-WAYNE-
813 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WAYNE AND
APPANOOSE COUNTIES...

AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PROMISE CITY...       SEYMOUR...            PLANO...
  NUMA...               RATHBUN LAKE...       MYSTIC...
  CINCINNATI...         RATHBUN...            EXLINE...
  CENTERVILLE...        UNIONVILLE...         UDELL...
  MOULTON...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

KOTENBERG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 2:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAudubon, Cass, Guthrie6 hr
Jun 24, 3:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXAdair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more51 hr
Jun 24, 9:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXAdair, Guthrie24 hr
Jun 24, 10:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk7 days
Jun 24, 10:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXEmmet40 hr
Jun 24, 10:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Cass52 min
Jun 24, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll, Crawford38 min
Jun 24, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie51 min
Jun 24, 11:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXButler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin6 hr
Jun 24, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon44 min
Jun 24, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler, Grundy27 min
Jun 24, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Boone, Dallas, Greene, Madison40 min
Jun 24, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie and 1 more48 min
Jun 24, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Hamilton, Hardin, Polk, Story48 min
Jun 24, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Dallas29 min
Jun 24, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Hardin, Webster, Wright48 min
Jun 24, 12:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXGrundy, Hardin6 hr
Jun 24, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama51 min
Jun 24, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXFranklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story and 1 more30 min
Jun 24, 12:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXMahaska, Marion, Poweshiek6 hr
Jun 24, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska36 min
Jun 24, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMahaska, Poweshiek30 min
Jun 24, 1:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXFranklin, Hamilton, Wright6 hr
Jun 24, 1:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama6 hr
Jun 24, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska, Monroe, Wapello37 min
Jun 24, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk, Grundy, Hardin39 hr
Jun 24, 4:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Butler3 days
Jun 24, 4:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk4 days
Jun 24, 6:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXButler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin24 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.